Conservation Levy

Conservation and Community Levy Background

Since 2013, over 5000 rhinos have been lost to criminal poaching in South Africa. Although many rhinos are lost in Kruger National Park, smaller game reserves like Amakhala are also at serious risk to poaching unless rhino monitoring programs and other security measures are implemented and maintained. A Conservation Levy is now deemed essential to assist in the significant costs associated with our multi-layered anti-poaching measures on Amakhala Game Reserve.

The Conservation Levy will primarily fund the anti-poaching units and a dedicated rhino monitoring program to preserve and protect the rhinos of Amakhala Game Reserve. In addition, a percentage of the levy will be administered by the Amakhala Foundation to continue with and expand our award winning Conservation Education Programs. In 2017, over 2000 school children from local communities visited the Amakhala Conservation Centre to learn about wildlife conservation and sustainability for future generations.

Amakhala Game Reserve continues to provide an excellent example of how communities can convert agricultural land for conservation purposes while promoting a viable tourism economy. Protecting the rhinos is a key factor in the ongoing success and sustainability of this initiative.

The Levy

Conservation Levy is now deemed essential to assist in the significant costs associated with our multi-layered anti-poaching measures on Amakhala Game Reserve.

The following levy will apply:

All visitors - R125 per person per night. Children under 12 years - R75 per person per night.

As of the 1st of March 2020, all bookings with a check-in date from the 1st of October 2020 will be applicable to a levy of:

Adults: R140 per person per night.Children under 12years: R70 per person per night

The Levy will be charged to the guest’s overall bill and paid at check-out. We thank you for your help in supporting this initiative.

All levies will be collected by the Amakhala Foundation, a registered Public Benefit Organization, PBO no. 930039115

Voluntary Contribution

We ask all our guests to contribute to the protection measures established to counter the ever-present threat of criminal rhino poaching and to provide education for our future conservationists.

Even if you booked before 1 March 2018 and do not have a payment obligation, we kindly ask you to voluntarily agree to the payment of this important Conservation and Community Levy.